#4C147D#4C147D

#4C147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.161 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C147D
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 45.07, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 65.56, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0865 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.161 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9314, 3.5175, 19.7118)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C147D #457D14

analogous

#17147D #4C147D #7D1479

triadic

#4C147D #7D4C14 #147D4C

tetradic

#4C147D #7D1714 #457D14 #14797D

square

#4C147D #7D1714 #457D14 #14797D

split-complementary

#4C147D #797D14 #147D17

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C48 #4C147D #6C1CB2 #8C2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4C147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4C147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C147D

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C147D	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.161 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4c147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c147d;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34833,
    "c": 0.16117,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C147D

secondary

#72B23A

accent

#EF398E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C147D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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